Kenya Investment Authority in a bid to scale up engagement with diaspora Kenyans.

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Senate negotiators have reached a tentative deal with tech companies to ease restrictions on hiring foreigners for high-skilled jobs as part of a sweeping immigration bill, congressional and industry sources said on Tuesday.

Judiciary Committee members have been in negotiations with the companies and the AFL-CIO union over whether to lift constraints on H-1B visas allowing American companies to hire highly skilled foreign workers.

Live-in caregiver Joesy Gerrish, from Fiji, with her employer Florence Tratar [Photo/ Monica Campbell]

Nannies, housecleaners, caregivers—they are sometimes called the world’s most invisible workforce. In the US alone, it’s estimated that more than 2 million people do this type of work. Most are women and many are immigrants. And pressure is growing to address their working conditions. As part of The World's Nation coverage, The World’s Monica Campbell has our first piece in a series about domestic workers. It looks at a home aide from Fiji, her elderly employer, and a short documentary called “The Caretaker” highlighting these intimate partnerships.

Police believe the mother of a 20-month-old girl whose body was found in a house has fled to Kenya.

Sarah Dahane was identified by her father on Friday morning but a post-mortem examination has failed to establish the cause of her death.

Det Ch Insp Ian Hunter said the father was separated from the girl's mother, who is believed to have left the UK on Wednesday.

Sarah's body was found at the house in Herald Way, Bicester, on Thursday.

Officers had received a report concerning fear for a child's welfare. Sarah was pronounced dead at the scene.

A murderer who admits killing up to 400 people – many in bloody machete attacks – is living in the UK after being granted asylum.

John Thuo has been living in a taxpayer funded home since sneaking in illegally from Africa in 2003, and his neighbours are totally oblivious to his grisly past.

For seven years he worked for the Mungiki in Kenya, a criminal mob behind some of the continent’s worst atrocities.

Thuo, 27, admitted at an immigration tribunal to killing “about 100 to 400 people”.

Mike Wasike

Two young men involved in a brutal February carjacking should face trial on felony robbery charges as adults, a Polk County judge has ruled.

District Associate Judge Colin Witt filed papers this morning ordering that Terrance Cheeks Jr., 16, and Leshaun Murray, 15, both appear for May 28 hearings in adult court.

For the sixth time this year a cultural African football festival in which teams of African countries compete for the Africa Cup in Europe has been organized.

Besides football, there will be an extensive stage program of music, dance and fashion.

There will also be stalls offering African food and goodies. The event is suitable for everyone and all are welcome to tag their families along, children included.

Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore

Kenyans in the Diaspora can now invest in real estate back home, thanks to efforts aimed at making the process smoother.

As part of realising Vision 2030, property investment, which used to be a rigorously procedural process, is slowly transforming into a quick and convenient click-of-the-mouse process where interested clients can wire in money, express their interests and see their dreams transformed into realities.

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You are invited for a fun-filled Family Day in the Park on Saturday, July 6, 2013 at Cox’s Point Park located at 820 Riverside Drive, Essex, Maryland 21221 starting at 2pm.

Come enjoy plenty of Nyama Choma, games and other activities of all ages.

Those in a position to cook food and bing it to the park are encouraged to do so.

The event is being sponsored by the Kenyan community in Baltimore.

For more information or to sponsor the event, please call 443-473-5489.

Omari Omari and Maria Paz Barrios. She is expecting the birth of their daughter any day. [Photo/ Star Tribune]

A Kenyan man passed away on Tuesday night in Minneapolis, Minnesota after the motorcycle he was riding crashed off a road and struck a tree.

Omari O. Omari, 32, died on Tuesday, May 14^th around 8:40pm after crashing his motorcycle along Highway 60. According to Minnesota State Patrol, the motorcycle ran off the two-lane highway and hit a tree before landing in a ditch east of Zumbro Falls.

Omari, a popular Latin music DJ in Minneapolis popularly known as DJ Omari and who belonged to the dance DJ group Salsa Police, died at the scene according to authorities.